The surname Dinsmore
A surname, carried by 5,008 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D525
Origin
Variant of Dunsmore.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,008 people named Dinsmore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,650 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,981.
#6,735
rank among US surnames
5,008
people in 2010
1.7
per 100,000 Americans
+0.5%
change since 2000 (was #6,296)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #6,729 | Gladney | 5,012 | 61,601 |
| #6,732 | Roll | 5,011 | 61,614 |
| #6,733 | Gottschalk | 5,010 | 61,626 |
| #6,735 | Dinsmore | 5,008 | 61,650 |
| #6,736 | Gerhardt | 5,007 | 61,663 |
Who is named Dinsmore
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Dinsmore identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as two or more races and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- Two or more races 2.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Dinsmore has the Soundex code D525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D525.
Questions
- Where does the surname Dinsmore come from?
- Variant of Dunsmore.
- How common is the surname Dinsmore?
- 5,008 people in the United States had the surname Dinsmore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,650 Americans. It ranked 6,735th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dinsmore?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Dinsmore identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Dinsmore getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,981 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,008 in 2010, up 0.5%.